NEMSQA

NEMSQA will develop and endorse evidence-based quality measures for EMS and healthcare partners that improve the experience and outcomes of patients and care providers... Over the past several decades, there has been an effort to develop quality/performance measures for the EMS industry. In 2014, this effort was formalized in the EMS Compass Project funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)and led by the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO). This initiative engaged EMS stakeholders in the mission to develop a process for designing, testing and evaluating performance measures designed to improve patient care and safety. In late 2016, EMS Compass released 14 candidate measures for public testing in 6 content areas, however, the uptake and use by the EMS community was limited... The drive for high impact, practical, evidence-based measures continued and again, NHTSA funded a second effort to support EMS quality measure development, this time..